afrodisíaco

See also: afrodisiaco

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈzi.a.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈzi.a.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈzi.a.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fɾu.diˈzi.ɐ.ku/ [ɐ.fɾu.ðiˈzi.ɐ.ku]

• Hyphenation: a‧fro‧di‧sí‧a‧co

Adjective

afrodisíaco (feminine afrodisíaca, masculine plural afrodisíacos, feminine plural afrodisíacas)

1. aphrodisiac (intensifying sexual desire)

Noun

afrodisíaco m (plural afrodisíacos)

1. aphrodisiac (food or drug that intensifies sexual desire)

Related terms

• Afrodite

Spanish

Alternative forms

• afrodisiaco

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afɾodiˈsiako/ [a.fɾo.ð̞iˈsi.a.ko]
• Rhymes: -iako
• Syllabification: a‧fro‧di‧sí‧a‧co

Adjective

afrodisíaco (feminine afrodisíaca, masculine plural afrodisíacos, feminine plural afrodisíacas)

1. aphrodisiac

   Antonym: antiafrodisíaco

Noun

afrodisíaco m (plural afrodisíacos)

1. aphrodisiac

   Antonym: antiafrodisíaco

Derived terms

• antiafrodisíaco

 

Related terms

• Afrodita

 

Further reading

• “afrodisíaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014